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Luke 2:8

And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

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Luke 2:8 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 31:39–40 (4 votes) and Psalm 78:70–71 (4 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 31 to John 10.

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Which verses does Luke 2:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Genesis 31:39–404 votes

    I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night. As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

  2. Psalm 78:70–714 votes

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:34–353 votes

    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.

  4. John 10:8–123 votes

    All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. …

  5. Ezekiel 34:82 votes

    ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

  6. Exodus 3:1–21 vote

    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

Which verses point to Luke 2:8?

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